Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 520, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1998, 6:36 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1998, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1998, 7:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 21 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 252336 RRA SVRJAN MSC049-089-260025- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 636 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 725 PM CDT * AT 635 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON OR IN THE VICINITY OF MADISON MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MADISON BY NOW RIDGELAND BY 650 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 65
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.